Fotolog Reaches 8 Million Member Mark
Monday, May 14, 2007
New York, NY - Fotolog, Inc. today announced that the world’s largest photo-blogging community and third most-trafficked social media network on the Web had surpassed 8 million members, less than seven weeks after it passed the seven-million member mark. More than two and a half million new members have joined Fotolog™ thus far in 2007 alone.
Fotolog continues to experience rapid growth in Europe with Spain and Italy among the countries featuring the fastest-growing communities. Fotolog is currently ranked 24 in the Alexa Global 500 list of the word’s most-trafficked sites and has ranked in the top 30 since October 2006.
John Borthwick, Chief Executive Officer of Fotolog Inc., stated, “Fotolog is building on our exceptional momentum – we’re adding more than 650,000 members a month from more than 70 countries. The AOL deal we announced this past week will allow us to make our already unmatched user experience even more compelling and immediate, thereby further accelerating our growth and advancing our increasingly fruitful efforts to monetize our base.”
Fotolog recently announced a partnership with AOL’s Userplane under which the site will integrate the full set of Userplane’s chat, messaging and advertising tools to dramatically heighten its powerful social media networking experience and its ability to monetize its audience.
About Fotolog, Inc. / www.fotolog.com
Fotolog, Inc., the world's largest photo-blogging community and the third most actively-used social network on the Internet, has become a global cultural phenomenon. Over eight million member accounts from more than 200 countries have shared more than 200 million photos since the site’s inception in October 2002. Fotolog has grown 100 percent virally since its founding in 2002, with no marketing. The site provides a platform for members to share experiences and connect with others across the globe by bringing together the power of social networking, photo sharing and blogging in a unique user experience.